South Korean firms are to lead the construction of nuclear power plants in the UAE, after the nation concluded its long-awaited nuclear tender. Four APR1400s are to be built by 2020 at a cost of $20 billion.

A Danish text has provoked strong protests from developing countries in Copenhagen, while there are calls for nuclear's role to be recognised: it's 'negligible' emissions, which come with opportunities for direct investment and knowledge transfer to poorer countries.

Site licenses have been granted for the new Seversk nuclear power plant in Russia's Tomsk Oblast. One role for the plant will be to heat the local city.

Chinese planners are moving ahead with three new nuclear power plants based on AP1000 reactors - the first to be developed after technology transfer from Westinghouse.

The latest manifesto from Greenpeace UK is the first ever with no explicit anti-nuclear policies. It was launched with the tagline "Change the politics. Save the climate."

Politically motivated shutdowns of nuclear power plants look set to be put off for at least ten years, after an official report said the country could not manage without nuclear.

Angela Merkel has been returned as Chancellor of Germany to form a pro-nuclear coalition and give nuclear power a future in the country. The first steps to recognising nuclear energy's role will have to come soon.

The Daya Bay nuclear power plant will continue to figure large in the Chinese region's power supply after the approval of a 20-year contract extension. Some 70% of the plant's output is routed to Hong Kong, making up 25% of electricity.

A nuclear plant as the setting for a new hit TV series? Popular entertainment media could prove to be more effective at engaging public support and acceptance for nuclear energy than past industry attempts to convince the world of nuclear's merits.

A group of arctic researchers are aboard the nuclear-powered icebreaker Yamal in search of a new home.